Peter Boulukos, chef/owner of YOLO Restaurant and Tarpon Bend restaurantsThe best fried food I ever had wasn’t from a restaurant. When I was a kid my uncle owned a marina that was about 10 minutes from our house. One night he showed up after work with a bucket overflowing with…
The “City of Progress” will finally live up to its moniker if Julio Robaina has anything to do with it. But don’t expect him to go behind the line if it involves more than a photo op! Trust us; we tried to cajole him into an apron ourselves last week…
Chef Kurtis Jantz, Executive Chef, Trump International Beach ResortBarbecue… well, that’s easy. I remember moving to Kansas City as a boy, and everyone kept talking about Arthur Bryant’s. It was located in a poverty-stricken area in K.C. round 18th and Brooklyn. I had to try it! I remember the small…
Norman Van Aken, chef/owner of Norman’s at the Ritz-Carlton, Orlando (and soon-to-be Norman’s 180 in Coral Gables) A war might break out in the family if I decided on…
Giada, Guy, Bobby and friends are sounding off on the favorite things they’ve eaten — EVER, EVER — on a new Food Network special called “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” This week’s episodes are about fried food and BBQ. So it got us thinking… What unmatched edible memories made…
Michelle Bernstein knows not to mess with a good thing. But it’s nice to see that a busy bee who juggles ownership of three restaurants, her own TV show, a consultancy with Delta, and a leadership role with nonprofit Common Threads is still able to direct the necessary attention to…
The new Chicago’s Bakery & Deli has only been open one week, but its performance has already received rave reviews and even a few regulars. There was such a fuss brewing on the Cracktwit and Faceboring, initiated by neighborhood insider Tom Falco (@GroveGrapevine), I just had to stop by to…
If you missed last Friday’s tasting with Aussie superstar winemaker, Chris Ringland, you still have a chance to enjoy the fruits of his labor gratis!For this giveaway, we ask:After whom or what is the Darby & Joan label named? Be the first to guess correctly in the comment thread below,…
Your frisky feline struts her stuff to the soiree on a leash. Kitty extends a peace paw to Jack Russell.You show up dressed as your pet.Your pet shows up dressed as you. Fido gets carded, and flashes his own collar-handy ID, his graduation certificate from obedience school.Your furry friend bribes the…
Cue the workforce lunch crowd. All together now… “Hallelujah!” Miami has finally gotten its fair share of salad mixing chains, transforming noon-time question marks into exclamation points. For this installment of Plato Royale, we thought we’d take on interpretations of the Cobb salad from a pair of major franchise players…
The Coral Gables City Commission last week approved a lease at 2325 Galiano St. for a restaurant “doing business as Monty’s Coral Gables.” After Short Order contacted a few people, though, the name changed…
Hint: If serious wine lovers know the name Chris Ringland and his award-winning Australian Shiraz, you should too. And now you can — in person no less! Yes, this bloke from down under will be happy to pour you a glass himself at Wolfe’s Wine Shoppe this evening. Thirteen different…
Gentlemen, you may be tempted to beg or borrow, but paleeeease don’t steal children just to get these sa-weet Father’s Day deals. Ladies who know these gentlemen, don’t say I didn’t warn you…If Daddy is an early riser… MixMyGranolaSupport local granolahead entrepreneurs Andreas, Matt and Raoul, and get your crunchy…
It could be a sign of desperation for fuss-free neighborhood eats, priced right in the financial district, or merely a coincidence. Either way, Puntino Downtown was filling to the brim quickly by noon yesterday with a power lunch crowd hungry for a taste of its new “Fine Italian Cuisine.” In…
It’s a win win, folks. Show up to Jamba Juice today, purchase a smoothie or other healthful snack, and the company will donate 20 percent of the sale to help ensure the survival of sea turtles. It’s all in cooperation with the Florida-based Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC), the world’s oldest…
It starts with one innocent dunk. You select a tasty victim from the basket of assorted toasted pita chips, fried green plantains and blue corn chips on the table and go in for the kill. Scooping up just enough salsa to coat half of the delivery vehicle, you’re like a…
Move over Les Halles, brasserie Au Pied de Cochon is now serving up a taste of the old world, south of 5th Street. The restaurant dates back 60 years to its original location in the Les Halles district of Paris, unlike that area’s eponymous, Bourdain-adorned chain which you may be…
Kourtney Kardashian is “discovering Miami,” so it was only a matter of time before she stumbled upon La Sandwicherie, one of our long time SoBe sandwich-peddling faves.”I always get the same thing… proscuitto and fresh mozzarella on a french baguette with lettuce, french pickles, mayo and their special dressing… it…
Ask and you shall receive. Norman Van Aken is up in Orlando hanging with his Ritz Carlton crew, and hit up the Twitter about some insane twist on Banh Mi causing a stir with guests… I fell in love at first bite when I was introduced to these french baguette…
“When comparing Yard House with all of the more than 7,500 entities with active business licenses in Coral Gables, Yard House has the 14th largest employee count,” says Jessica Wotherspoon, business development specialist for the City of Coral Gables. “When comparing Yard House within the restaurant category alone, it ranks…
They’re taking over Miami, one lime-cured corvina morsel at a time. You know what I’m referring to… The dish of the moment is ceviche! We are a town obsessed with piles of lipsmacking, citrus-cured seafood goodness. Even if a restaurant isn’t traditional Peruvian, they’ve got at least one ceviche on…
What a tease. Ever since Sushi Siam shuttered at its former home in the Four Ambassadors Hotel last year, Brickell has had a serious shortage of good quality, upscale casual Asian eats. So when the Coming Soon sign hiding on that open door first appeared at 951 Brickell Ave. earlier…
